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Officers and Trustees 

— OF— 

Seattle Chamber of Commerce 


1901=1902 


James W. Clise 
Charles J. Smith 
John Schram 
Will H. Parry 
James B. fleikle 


OFFICERS 


President 
= Vice= President 

Second Vice=President 
= Treasurer 
= * Secretary 


BOARD OF TRUSTEES 


A. J. Blethen, Jr. 
Ira Bronson 
Thomas Burke 
Anson S. Burwell 

H. R. Clise 
J. W. Clise 
C. R. Collins 
Josiah Collins 
Qrosvenor Folsom 
C. E. Fowler 
Jac6b Furth 
J. S. Goldsmith 


E. O. Graves 
James Lee 
James A. Moore 

I. A. Nadeau 
Will H. Parry 

J. W. Pratt 
Thomas W. Prosch 
John Schram 

E. Shorrock 
C. J. Smith 
J. F. Trowbridge 
S. P. Weston 


Lovett M. Wood 










Duplicate. 

Pugfet Sound Country 


Western Washington 


1901 



Their Resources and Opportunities 

By 

Seattle Chamber of Commerce 


; TRADE REGISTER 





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SECTION OF RESIDENCE DISTRICT, SEATTEE. 
















C.J Ti. 


Seattle and the State of Washington 


Descriptive 

Seattle, the metropolis of Washington and the seat of King 
County, is situated on Puget Sound, one hundred and 

Location and twenty-nine miles east of the Pacific Coast. 

_ . It is located almost exactly in the center of 

Environs , . , / ^ 

what IS now known as the Puget Sound 

Country,” and also in the geographical center of Western 

Washington. 

Western Washington is that part of the state lying be¬ 
tween the Cascade Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Its 
products, resources and climate differ very materially from 
the country lying east of the mountains, as will be shown 
in the following pages. 

The Puget Sound Country is the northeasterly portion 
of Western Washington, and lies between the Cascade 
Mountains on the east and the Olympic Mountains on the 
west. It includes all that part of the state in which the wa¬ 
ters flow into Puget Sound, extending from Lewis county on 
the south to the national boundary on the north. 

Puget Sound proper, as it is now known, includes all the 
waters of the great inland sea which extends easterly from 
the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and southerly from the national 
boundary line to Olympia. The waters of the Sound are from 
6 o to 1,000 feet in depth. The rise and fall of the tide is from 
9 to i 8 feet. There are no sunken reefs or other dangerous 
obstructions to navigation, and vessels can safely enter the 
Sound at any time. The coast line aggregates about i, 6 oo 
miles in length, and owing to the fact that it is protected on 
every side by high mountain ranges, it forms a harbor in 
which all the vessels of the world might lie in safety. 




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CITY OF SEATTLE 


What is now the city of Seattle was at one time the 
Historical of several hundred Indians, and the 

occasional meeting’ place of thousands, who* 
were attracted to this point as a conven¬ 
ient location. It was first settled by white men in 1852,. 
when a few sturdy pioneers located upon the land under the 
provisions of the act of congress of September 27, 1850, known 
as the “Donation Act.” 

In 1853 Messrs. Maynard, Denny and Boren laid out a 
town which they called Seattle, after a friendly Indian chief 
of that name. It was incorporated in 1865 by the territorial 
legislature, and re-incorporated in 1869. During the first 
twenty years its growth was slow, the population in 1870 
numbering but 1,107. ^^^o the population had been in¬ 

creased to 3,533. With the advent of the railroad in 1884, 
the city entered upon a period of prosperity, which continued 
until the great financial depression of ten years ago. On the - 
6th of June, 1889, the main part of the business portion of the 
city was destroyed by fire. A territory, exceeding one hun¬ 
dred acres in extent, was burned over, causing losses aggre¬ 
gating ten or twelve millions of dollars. Undaunted by this 
great disaster, the people immediately went to work, and 
within a year the burned district was rebuilt upon a much 
grander scale than before with wider streets, better grades 
and buildings constructed according to modern ideas. 

During the great financial depression of the early ’90s,. 
Seattle, in common with the other Pacific Coast cities, . re¬ 
mained practically at a standstill, but, with the wonderful 
discoveries of gold in Alaska and the Northwest Territory 
in 1897, and the rapid development of commerce with the 
Orient since the Spanish-American war, attracting the atten¬ 
tion of the capitalists of the world, the city entered upon an 
era of prosperity and progress which is almost without 
parallel. 

In 1897 the population, according to an estimate based 
upon the number of names contained in the city directory, 
was 55,125. Estimated upon the number of names contained 
in the 1901 directory, the population to-day is more than 100,- 
000, an increase of nearly 100 per cent, in four years. 


STATK OF WASHINGTON. 


5 


Seattle lies between Elliott Bay, an arm of Puget Sound 
Surroundings of ^ bttle over two miles in width, on the 
Seattle west and Lake Washington, a body of 

fresh water twenty-two miles long, 
from two to four miles in width, and from forty to two hun¬ 
dred and fifty feet in depth, on the east. In the north part of 
the city is located Lake Union, a beautiful fresh water lake, 
with an area of 905 acres and a depth of 60 feet; and Green 
Lake, with an area of 300 acres and a depth of about 50 feet. 

The Cascade Mountains, ranging from 5,000 to 14,500 
feet in height, extend from north to south from forty to fifty 
miles east of Seattle, and the Olympic Mountains, which are 
from 4,000 to 8,000 feet in height, lie about forty miles to the 
west. These mountains protect this locality from storms and 
have a great effect in rendering the climate ecpiable. The 
liighest mountain peak in the United States south of Alaska is 
Mount Rainier, with an altitude of 14,526 feet, situated fifty- 
five miles southeast of Seattle. 

The Puget Sound Navy Yard, located upon Port Orchard, 
Points of across the' Sound from Seattle, is des- 


Interest. 


tined to be the leading navy yard upon the 
Pacific coast. It has now one of the largest 
graving docks in the world, 650 feet long, 39 feet deep, 67 
feet wide at the bottom and 130 feet wide at the top. Its 
equipment consists of extensive shops, wharves, quarters and 
grounds, upon which the government has already spent 
$1,500,000, which enables the Department of the Navy to 
make extensive repairs upon our vessels of war at a low cost 
and with the greatest dispatch. Extensive improvements 
are now in contemplation, and the capacity of the navy yard 
will undoubtedly be doubled in the near future. 

The Government is now constructing a ship canal from 
deep water in Puget Sound through Lake Union to Lake 
Washington. The length of the canal will be about eight 
miles, and its capacity sufficient to accommodate the largest 
vessels in the world. The estimated cost is $2,500,000. The 


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Photo by E. S- Curtis, Seattle. 

SNOOUALMIE FALLS, 268 FEET HIGH. 








STATE OF WASHIN(tTON. 


7 


right of way has been procured and deeded to the Govern¬ 
ment and the work of construction was begun in July this year. 
The completion of this canal will open up a fresh water 
basin of fifty square miles with fifty miles of shore line, 
which can all be used for wharves, docks, elevators, ware¬ 
houses, mills and factories, and will be of inestimable value 
in providing unexcelled facilities for the handling of our 
commerce. 

Fort Lawton is a military post located in the northwestern 
part of the city. It contains 989.51 acres of land, which was 
given by the people of Seattle to the general government 
for that purpose. The improvements made and to be made 
will cost about $950,000. The estimated cost of maintaining 
an artillery regimental post, such as this, based upon the 
army regulations and existing laws, is about $450,000 per 
annum. 

The United States Assay Office in Seattle, an institution 
of prime importance, was established in 1898. During 1898 the 
Government received assayed and paid for $5,550,032 worth of 
gold. The receipts for 1899, were $12,823,635; for 1900, $22,- 
038,775, and it is estimated by the assayer in charge that the 
receipts for 1901 will exceed $25,000,000. The gold received 
comes principally from Alaska and the Northwest Territory. 

Snoqualmie Falls, located about 25 miles in a straight 
line from Seattle, is a perpendicular fall in the Snoqualmie 
river of 268 feet, and its natural beauty is unsurpassed. A 
power company has recently put in works by which the 
power of this great waterfall is now utilized in the operation 
of electric car lines, the electric lighting plants, and the nu¬ 
merous mills and factories of Seattle and the adjacent cities. 
The hydraulic power of this waterfall is estimated at 30,000 
horse power during the period of extreme low water and at 
100,000 horse power during the period of high water. 

There are several other waterfalls near Seattle whose 
power can be utilized and made to furnish a sufficient amount 
to supply all demands for many years to come. 


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CITY OF SEATTLE 


Seattle has a number of parks which for natural beauty 
are unsurpassed. The surrounding country is filled with 
lakes, rivers and mountains, furnishing hundreds of pleasant 
resorts, all of which are easily accessible at little or no ex¬ 
pense, and without any great loss of time. 

This part of the state is a sportsman’s paradise. The 
lakes, rivers and smaller streams teem with trout of various 
kinds, and the most exacting angler will here find sport to 
meet his highest expectations. In the forests and mountains 
large game is abundant, including elk, deer, mountain goat, 
bear, panther and lynx. Of the upland game birds, grouse, 
quail and snipe are plentiful and of water fowl and shore birds, 
geese, ducks of many varieties, plover and curlew are found 
in great numbers. 

The water supply of the city is of the purest and best. 

T,. ,,, . It is obtained from the Cedar River at a 

The Water , 

point twenty-eight and one-half miles dis- 

-Supply* tant, among the foothills at the base of the 
Cascade Mountains. The city has acquired many thousand 
acres of land at and above the point from which the water 
is taken, which is reserved from settlement, thus insuring 
the purity of the water and non-interference with the supply. 
The storage reservoirs in the city have a capacity of 40,000,- 
000 gallons, and the daily capacity of the conduits by which 
the water is conveyed to the city is 50,000,000 gallons, a quan¬ 
tity sufficient to supply a population of 500,000. 

The water system is owned and operated by the city. 
The works were constructed by the city at an expense of 
about $2,000,000. The revenues are increasing yearly and 
amount to more than $200,000 per annum. Water is furnished 
to the consumers at a low price, and the revenue received 
more than pays the expense of operation. 


STATE OF WASHINGTON. 


9 


Schools, Churches and Library. 


The public schools of Seattle rank among the very best 
Public Schools of country. The educational sys- 

Seattle vogue stands pre-eminent for 

thoroughness and excellence. Our 
many school buildings, erected according to modern designs, 
present a standard of excellence and solidity of architecture 
far in advance of many eastern cities of much greater popu¬ 
lation. During the past four years it has required great en¬ 
ergy on the part of the Board of Education to keep pace with 
the demands arising from the great increase in the school 
population. 

A new high school building, designed according to the 
latest ideas, is now in course of construction at a cost of $200,- 
000, and plans are now being prepared for a number of grade 
school buildings which will cost at least $250,000. These new 
buildings are absolutely necessary to supply the needs of our 
increasing population. 

The amount expended for maintenance exceeds $250,000 
per annum. During the past year the schools have occupied 
26 buildings, containing 239 rooms. The number of teachers 
employed at the present time is 245. The salaries of the 
teachers in the grade schools range from $55 to $80 per 
month, in the high school from $100 to $125 per month, and 
the principals receive from $105 to $170 per month. The en¬ 
rollment of pupils for this year will exceed 14,000. 

The University of Washington is located in the City of 

_ ., . - Seattle, upon a beautiful tract of land, con- 

The University of . . ’ ^ ^ t 1 tt 

taming 355 acres, lying between Lake Un- 

Washington. ^ake Washington, 

The main building is a model structure, built upon mod¬ 
ern lines and thoroughly equipped with a lecture hall, labor¬ 
atory, library, museum and offices. The laboratories, (chem- 



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CITY OF SEATTLE 


ical, physical, biological and mineralogical), are all well 
equipped with the very latest apparatus, enabling the stu¬ 
dents to pursue their studies with the greatest possible facil¬ 
ity. The library contains a very complete selection of the 
choicest literature. The gymnasium building is thoroughly 
fitted with modern appliances for the physical training of the 
young men and women. The museum contains an extensive 
collection of specimens of natural history. The last legis¬ 
lature appropriated $70,000 for the construction and equip¬ 
ment of a Science Hall, and $50,000 for the construction of a 
new power plant. These improvements are now in process 
of construction. The university is endowed with 100,000 
acres of selected land. The people of the state, realizing the 
importance of this great educational institution, commend 
the action of the legislature in making liberal appropriations 
for Its support. The appropriation made for maintenance 
for 1901-2 is $150,000, which sum, in addition to the revenues 
derived from lands and other sources, enables the faculty to 
provide the very best facilities for education. 

The university is free to the youth of the state. The fac¬ 
ulty includes 30 of the best educators who can be procured. 
The students during the past year numbered 605, the attend¬ 
ance having more than doubled during the past four years, 
and the prospects of the immediate future indicate a very 
large increase in the attendance. 

As a valuable adjunct to the public school system the City 
The Public ^ public library. The library was es- 

Library. tablished ten years ago, and on January ist, 
1901, consisted of about 26,000 volumes. On 
that date the greater part of the library was destroyed by fire. 
.A. large number of new volumes have already been purchased, 
and by the end of 1902 the library will have at least 30,000 vol¬ 
umes all catalogued. About 300 periodicals are taken, includ¬ 
ing all important monthlies and quarterlies of general circula¬ 
tion in the English language, and several in foreign tongues, 
together with the leading newspapers of the United States. At 
the close of 1900 the monthly circulation had reached 15,000, 


STATE OF WASHINGTON. 


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and the reading rooms were patronized by a large number of 
people. 

Immediately after the destruction of the library by fire 
Mr. Andrew Carnegie gave the city $200,000 for a new fire¬ 
proof building. The Library Board has now under considera¬ 
tion the purchase of a site at a cost of about $75,000 to be fur¬ 
nished by the City. The income of the Library at the present 
time is over $30,000 per annum, which will be increased to 
$50,000 upon the completion of the new building. 

Seattle has more than 100 churches and church societies. 
The Churches which represent a greater variety of re- 

. ligious beliefs than is ordinarily found in 

of Seattle. . r . 1 

a city of its size. Almost every known 

denomination of the Christian religion has its devotees, and 
nearly all have regular church associations. This is doubt¬ 
less owing to the fact that the population is cosmopol¬ 
itan in its character, and contains representatives from al¬ 
most every civilized country on the globe. 



photo by A. B. Wilse, Seattle 

FIRST AVENUE, SEATTLE. 








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CITY OF SEATTLE 


The Commerce of the Pacific. 


The Spanish-American war brought to us a new con- 
Extent of the sciousness of our position and our opportu- 
p. nities upon and beyond the seas, and Amer¬ 

ican capital and American enterprise have 
been directed into new channels of commerce. In 1898, for 
the first time in our history, our exports of manufactures ex¬ 
ceeded our imports. 

With the revival of interest in our commerce upon the 
seas, the attention of our people has been directed particularly 
to the commerce of the Pacific. The extent of that commerce 
and its future development can hardly be estimated. We 
have the Philippine Islands, with eight millions of people 
and a trade of more than $60,000,000 yearly, which we con¬ 
trol. Japan, China and the Dutch East Indies have a com¬ 
bined population of more than 500,000,000 people and a for¬ 
eign trade amounting to more than $1,000,000,000 per annum. 
This vast commerce can be doubled during the next ten years. 

The building of the Trans-Siberian railroad has opened 
up a vast agricultural and timbered region, which will soon 
be filled with millions of prosperous husbandmen and work¬ 
men, who will use American machinery and American manu¬ 
factures. Hawaii, Alaska, Australia, the South American re¬ 
publics, Mexico, Central America and the islands of the South 
Pacific present great opportunities for commerce and the ex¬ 
ploitation of their natural resources. 

Since the Spanish-American war the commerce of the 
Pacific has^ been increasing at a rate almost beyond compre¬ 
hension. The result of this wonderful growth will be the 
building of a great commercial city upon the Pacific Coast. 
Many things must be taken into consideration in choosing 
lines of traffic, such as climate, distance, natural facilities for 
the tran-shipment of freight and the cost of supplies, and the 
city which is able to offer the greatest inducements in this 
respect will soon become the leading Pacific port. 



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Photo by Curtis & Romans, Seattle PART OF THE WATER FRONT. 
















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CITY OF SEATTLE 


Seattle has more natural advantages than any port in 

Seattle United States. The climate is all 

that could be desired in a commercial 
the Coming or . have no extremes of heat and 

cold, no ice in our harbor, no violent \vinds, very little 
foggy weather and no excessive rains. Seattle is two days 
nearer to the Oriental ports than is San Francisco, and 550 
miles nearer to the Great Lakes. In these days of progress, 
when the great study of the transportation companies is the 
elimination of time, these two facts alone should be enough 
to establish her supremacy. But there are other facts. She 
has a spacious harbor, which can be entered safely every day 
in the year, and when the Lake Washington Canal is com¬ 
pleted she will have the most extensive harbor area in the 
world, where ships may lie in either salt water or fresh, and 
in absolute safety from storms. She has practically an inex¬ 
haustible supply of coal at her very gates. This is a fact of 
the greatest importance to both steamship and railroad com¬ 
panies, and will be a controlling factor in the establishment 
of new lines of transportation, and especially the Trans-Pa¬ 
cific steamship lines. 


The trade with the Orient will grow to vast proportions, 

because we do not compete with those 

The Oriental . . , , . , , 

countries m the production of the com- 

Trade. 

modities which they export, and they do 
not compete with us in the production of the articles which 
we export. We furnish them with wheat, flour, cotton, to¬ 
bacco, lumber, iron and machinery, while they furnish us with 
silks, tea, coffee, spices, mattings and many other products. 
It is unlike the trade of the Atlantic, where we have to go into 
the markets of the world and compete with the countries of 
Europe for the trade in similar products, and this is a condi¬ 
tion that will not soon change. 

The commerce of the Orient will seek the port from 
which imports can be most readily and cheaply distributed 
among the consumers. Seattle by its location holds the key 
to the situation. Within the past few years the Chinese and 
Japanese have been educated to some extent in the use of 


STATE OF WASHINGTON. 


15 


American flour. The flour exported from Seattle goes prin¬ 
cipally to those countries. The exports have increased from 
92,000 barrels in 1896 to 422,474 barrels in 1900. As the de¬ 
mand increases, the wheat which now goes east from the 
Dakotas and Minnesota will come to the west to supply this 
trade. Then the cars which bring the wheat to us will carry 
the Oriental cargoes to the populous centers in the Middle 
States. The same is true of other products. The Great Nor¬ 
thern Railroad Company now has under construction two of 
the largest steamships in the world, designed to carry freight 
between Seattle and the Orient. It will require 1,500 car¬ 
loads of freight to make a cargo for one of these great steam¬ 
ships. This gives us some idea of the extent to which this 
trade will develop in the near future. 

There are 31,302,000 people living in the states which 
border on the Great Lakes. This great population can be most 
conveniently reached by way of Puget Sound. It is 1,785 
miles from Seattle to Duluth, where cargoes landed at this 
port can again be transferred to ships and carried to Milwau¬ 
kee, Chicago, Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, Buffalo and numer¬ 
ous smaller cities at the minimum of expense, while cargoes 
landed at San Francisco will have to go 2,336 miles by rail 
to reach Chicago, the nearest of the cities named. 


Seattle controls the Alaska trade, the volume of which 

The Alaska millions, and shows a marked 

_ , increase each year. It is estimated that 

the amount of freight shipped from this 
port to Nome in 1900 was more than 100,000 tons, and this 
year it is estimated at 150,000 tons. More than 200,000 tons 
of freight were carried from Seattle to southeastern Alaska 
in 1900, and it is estimated that the amount will exceed 250,- 
000 tons this year. The southeastern Alaska steamships car¬ 
ried about 40,000 passengers each way in 1900, and at the 
rate of increase, shown during the first eight months of 1901, 


the number of passengers each way will exceed 50,000 for this 
year. It has been necessary to add larger and faster vessels 
to the Alaska fleet to keep pace with the rapidly increasing 
demands of both the freight and passenger traffic. 


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CITY OF SEATTLE 


The trade with California also employs an extensive fleet of 
The California sailing vessels. It requires about 


Trade. 


Trade. 


700,000 tons of coal annually to supply 
the trade of San Francisco alone. This 
coal is supplied largely by our mines, and the demand 
increases yearly. During this season great quantities of 
oranges have been shipped by water from California to 
this port and carried to Chicago and the East by rail. It 
was found that fruit could be delivered in Chicago by this 
route more quickly and in better order than by the all-rail 
southern routes. This fact will add very materially to our 
commerce in the near future. 

Hawaii, Mexico, South America, Australia and South 

The South Pacific ^ ^^st amount of Washington 

lumber. The lumber exported to those 
countries is carried principally in sail¬ 
ing vessels. Today many of these vessels carry ballast 
on their return voyages for want of freight, but the 
time will soon come when the raw materials of those countries 
will be carried to Puget Sound to supply the mills and fac¬ 
tories which will be established to manufacture leather and 
woolen goods, dynamite and other explosives, refined sugar 
and many other things. 

Take the matter of leather alone. The market is here. 
The hemlock required for tanning is here. The hides are in 
South America and Australia. We send lumber to them. 
They will send hides to us as return cargoes. The cost of 
transportation is so low, and the materials required are so 
cheap, that immense profits can be made. 

The same is true of sugar refining and many other im¬ 
portant enterprises which are now attracting the attention 
of capitalists and manufacturers. 

In addition to the deep sea commerce, there is a great 
The Local traffic carried on by some sixty steam- 

Trade various sizes and models, known as 

the mosquito fleet. These steamers carry a 
very large number of passengers and a vast amount of 
freight -each year, and act as so many independent railroad 


STATE OF WASHINGTON. 


17 


lines along the various routes which they serve. The steam¬ 
ers of this fleet reach more than 150 cities, towns and villages 
daily, and several new steamers have been added to the fleet 
within the past year to keep pace with the rapidly increasing 
demand. 


There is also a large fleet of small vessels, principally 
The Fishing steamers and schooners, engaged in the 


Trade. 


fishing industry on the Sound and off 
Cape Flattery, with headquarters at Seat¬ 
tle. The supplies used in the fishing industry of the Sound 
are furnished principally by Seattle, and she also furnishes 
a large portion of the supplies for the Alaskan fisheries. This, 
together with the handling of the product of the Alaskan fish¬ 
eries, now is and always will be, a very important element in 
our commerce. 


Seattle is near the center of a group of prosperous, grow- 
Other ing cities. Tacoma, Everett, Whatcom and Fair- 

Sound haven, the leading ones among them, have exten- 
Cities. sive commercial and manufacturing interests and 
have excellent prospects for the future. The railroads and 
Sound steamers afford cheap and quick communication be¬ 
tween them and Seattle, and the trade with them has grown 
to great proportions and is increasing yearly. 

Among the other prosperous towns and cities in the 
Puget Sound country, ranging from 1,000 to 5,000 in popula¬ 
tion, are Olympia, Port Townsend, Ballard, Port Angeles, 
Blaine, Puyallup, Anacortes and Shelton, all closely connected 
by rail and steamer lines, and drawing a large portion of their 
supplies from this city. 


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CITY OF SEATTLE 



Photo by E. S. Curtis, Seattle 


WASHINGTON FOREST 




STATE OF WASHINGTON. 


19 


Manufacturing. 

The manufacture of lumber is the greatest industry of 
The Lumber state of Washington. From statistics, 

compiled by the Pacific Lumber Trade 
Journal, we learn that at the close of the 
year 1900 there were 444 lumber and shingle mills in the state. 
The daily capacity of these mills is 8,380,000 feet of lumber 
and 28,700,000 shingles. Ninety-two mills, with a daily ca¬ 
pacity of 2,295,000 feet of lumber and 480,000 shingles, are 
located on the east side of the Cascade Mountains, while 352 
mills, with a daily capacity of 6,185,000 feet of lumber and 
28,220,000 shingles, are located on the west side. In addition 
to these mills there are in the state 30 sash and door factories, 
57 planing mills and box factories, 6 barrel, tub and pail fac¬ 
tories, 183 loggings camps, 200 bolt camps, 69 retail yards, 

34 wholesale lumber and shingle dealers and 48 miscellan¬ 
eous wood-working establishments. Owing to the mildness 
of the climate, all of the mills and factories on the west side 
of the mountains are operated 300 days in the year. 

The Journal also gives the following compilation, obtained 
from a careful canvass of the number of men employed by the 
lumbermen of the state, with the mills running at their full 
capacity. 

Employes of— Number. Daily. 

Saw mills . 7 ’^^S 

Shingle mills . 3^800 10,450 

Logging camps . 8,026 20,065 

Sash and door factories . 631 1,420 

Planing mills and box factories . 1,140 2,565 

Barrel, tub and pail factories . 148 323 

Shingle bolt camps . 2,000 3>8oo 

Retail yards . 217 434 

Transportation and miscellaneous allied 

industries . 1,015 2,538 

Total .24,002 $55,645 















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CITY OF SEATTLE 


The cargo and rail shipments of Washington lumber dur¬ 


ing the year 1900 were as follows: 

Cargo shipments, lumber .492,765,447 feet 

Rail shipments, lumber .284,280,000 feet 

Shingle shipments, by board measure.256,010,000 feet 


Total .1,033,061,447 feet 


To the above figures should be added the lumber con¬ 
sumed locally, which brings the value of the annual output of 
lumber up to about $17,000,000.00. 

Henry Gannett, chief of the Division of Forestry, De¬ 
partment of Agriculture, has made a careful estimate of the 
amount of standing timber in the state of Washington, which 
is as follows: 

Kind. Western Wash. Eastern Wash. Total. 


Fir . . . 66,208,861,000 2,154,110,000 68,362,971,000 

Cedar . . 16,192,276,000 117,177,000 16,309,453,000 

Heml’k . 14,699,759,000 148,500,000 14,848,259,000 

Pine. 6,586,520,000 6,586,520,000 

Spruce . . 6,402,605,000 16,610,000 6,419,215,000 

Larch. 2,078,601,000 2,078,601,000 

Oak. 3,700,000 3,700,000 


Total. .103,503,501,000 11,105,218,000 114,608,719,000 

From the above figures it will be seen that at the present 
rate of consumption there is sufficient standing timber in the 
state of Washington to supply the demand for one hundred 
years to come. 

It is interesting to know the destinations of the cargo 
shipments which are shown in the following table for the 
past three years: 


To— 

1898 

1899 

1900 

California .... 

. .230,072,094 

243,750,709 

240,822,058 

Australasia . . . 

• • 38,439.653 

39,041,891 

63,612,563 

Hawaii. 

• -32,230,732 

54,697,013 

59,020,233 

South America . 

• • 25,881,487 

25,023,543 

35,202,037 

Alaska. 

• • 16,295,510 

10,067,276 

31,105,763 

China. 

. . 12,787,867 

16,039,611 

17,815,057 

South Africa . . . 

• • 7,033,160 

9,188,192 

12,298,256 

Mexico. 

• • 8,235,740 

7,249,849 

9,220,853 

Philippines. . . 


4,122,746 

4,959,904 

London . 

. . 1,241,211 

2,151,618 

4,467,588 

Hamburg .... 

. . 429,190 

1,495,094 

2,673,670 




















STATE OF WASHINGTON. 


21 


Japan. 772,339 2,719,246 2,517,457 

New Caledonia. . . 698,555 1,257,467 2,143,557 

Siberia. 1,413,817 

Hebrides. 1,270,000 

Philadelphia. 1,261,969 

Fiji Islands. 987,122 1,147,512 1,132,458 

France.. 943,000 . 733 , 13 ° 

Leith, Scotland. 599,226 

Samoa. 199,820 328,293 495,851 

Other ports. . . . 1,986,423 3,931,112 


Totals.377.333.903 422,211,262 492,765,447 


The other ports above mentioned are Calcutta, Green¬ 
ock, Dublin, New York, Central America, Korea, Amsterdam 
and Tahiti. 

It is also interesting to know the destination of the rail 
shipments, as it shows the wide use of Washington lumber 
and shingles throughout the United States. The following 
table gives the destination by states and carload lots: 


To— Lumber. Shingles. 

Washington and Oregon . 7.^45 774 

Minnesota .2,435 6,o6t 

Montana. 1,728 402 

Iowa . 1,678 2,235 

North Dakota . 1,270 470 

Illinois .. 71-7 1,064 

South Dakota . 694 862 

Nebraska. 520 1,154 

Kansas . 391 1,787 

Missouri . 253 1,893 

Utah, Colorado and Wyoming . 183 831 

Other Eastern States . i ,345 5.641 


Totals . .18,859 23,174 


The importance of Seattle as a manufacturing center is 
General Manu= evidenced by the fact that outside of the 
facturing. manufacture of lumber and shingles, this 
city produces more than sixty per cent, in value of the manu¬ 
factured articles of the state. By a careful estimate the mills, 
factories and shops of the city give constant employment to 
more than 17,000 workmen, the annual pay-roll exceeds S12 - 































22 


CITY OF SEATTLE 


000,000, and the value of the products exceeds $45,000,000 per 
annum. 

The business of the year 1900 showed a great increase 
over that of 1899, and the increase for the year 190T, will be 
still greater in all lines except in iron and steel works and 
machine shops, which have sufbered to some extent by reason 
of the strike of the machinists, which continued for nearly 
four months. 

The immense output of the manufacturing enterprises is 
divided among about eleven hundred different establishments, 
varying in extent from a small cigar factory employing two 
or three men, to a large and well appointed shipyard, em¬ 
ploying hundreds of skilled artisans. The leading industries 
of the city are shipyards, sawmills, flour, feed and cereal mills, 
brick yards, terra cotta works, foundries, machine shops, 
breweries, factories for the manufacture of sash, doors, blinds, 
wooden ware, excelsior, barrels, boots, shoes, clothing,' cars, 
wagons, carriages, furniture, tinware, soap, crackers, candy, 
pickles, brooms, baking powder, drugs, jewelry, saws, fish 
nets, woolen goods, trunks, stoves, etc. 

Great as is the volume of our manufactured products to¬ 
day, and notwithstanding the efforts of our manufacturers 
to keep pace with the increasing demand they are unable to 
fill all their orders, although many of them have more than 
doubled the capacity of their plants within the past two years. 

There are many reasons for the unexampled prosperity 

Reasons for manufacturing enterprises, among the 

^ _ principal of which are favorable climate, cheap 

Prosperity, r 1 1 1 r 

luel, cheap power, cheapness of raw material, 

nearness to the market for our product, cheap transportation, 

on account of water and rail facilities, an active market on 

account of our rapidly increasing population at home, and 

greatly increased demand for our goods abroad. 

Our commerce with other countries has already been set 


STATE OF WASHINGTON. 


23 


forth. Our manufactured products go into that great field of 
trade, and as the people of other countries become acquainted 
with the excellent quality of our products the demand will 
continue to increase until our capacity for production will 
be taxed to the utmost. 

There are many profitable lines in which the field is practi¬ 
cally unoccupied, such as the manufacture of leather, glass, 
woolen goods, furniture, ’cotton goods, iron, canning and pre¬ 
serving fruits and vegetables and many others. Besides these 
there is room for expansion in many of the lines already 
established. 

The Eastern manufacturer or business man may ask why 
these great opportunities are not seized upon by the local 
people, to this we can only say that the State of Washington 
is growing so rapidly and the opportunities for investment 
are so many and diverse that the local people have all that they 
can do to keep pace with the growth in their own lines with¬ 
out branching out into new- enterprises, and while they may 
know and see the golden opportunities on every side their 
own work claims their undivided attention and capital. This 
is therefore a great field for new comers and new capital, and 
both are always welcome to our midst. 



WARSHIPS IN SEATTLE HARBOR. 



“24 


CITY OF SEATTLE 


Mines and Mining. 


The coal fields of Washington cover an area of several 
The Coal thousand square miles. All of the large mines ex- 
Mines those in the Roslyn district are located within 

fifty miles of Seattle, while the Roslyn district is 
distant less than one hundred miles in a direct line. The de¬ 
posits of coal are practically inexhaustible, and the quality is 
of the best for manufacturing, steam and domestic use. 

At the present time there are more than 5,000 men en¬ 
gaged in mining coal, at wages averaging $2.50 per day. In 
1900 the output of the mines of the state amounted to $2,- 
418,034 tons, an increase of 500,427 tons over the preceding 
year, and the output for 1901 will show a substantial increase 
over 1900. 


About 1,000,000 tons of the coal produced last year, were 
exported to California, Mexico, Hawaii, Alaska and the Phil¬ 
ippines, while considerable quantities were shipped to Idaho, 
Montana and Oregon by rail. All of the mines in the State 
are worked to their full capacity and a number of new mines 
will soon be opened to meet the ever increasing demand. 

There are many extensive deposits of high grade iron ore 
Lead and State, but up to the present time very little 


Copper. 


work has been done to develop them. Furnaces 


are being established upon the Sound to manu¬ 
facture iron and in the near future these deposits will be devel¬ 
oped and will undoubtedly prove to be of great value. 

There have been many valuable discoveries of lead and 
copper. A large amount of development work has been done 
during the past three years, and the mines make an excellent 
showing. This work has been greatly retarded by reason of 
the lack of transportation facilities, but now the railroad com¬ 
panies see that there will be an extensive business with these 
new industries, and are extending their lines to supply the 
demand. 



STATE OF WASHINGTON. 


25- 


During this year there has been great activit)^ among the 
The Precious prospectors and mining men of the State, 

Metals especially in the region of the Cascade 

mountains. A number of deposits of gold 
and silver in paying quantities have been discovered and 
a large number of men have been employed in development 
work and the installation of mills and machinery to work the 
ores. With the opening of these mines and the building of 
new roads to accommodate them the mining of the precious 
metals will become one of the important industries of the 
State, and will add greatly to its wealth. 

The product of gold and silver in 1900 amounted to 
$1,126,873.00 and the prospects are that the product will be 
more than doubled this year. 



Photo by A. B. Wilae, Seattle 

SECOND AVENUE, SEATTLE. 














26 


CITY OF SKATTLE 


The Fishing Industry. 


The fisheries of Puget Sound have assumed vast pro¬ 
portions and may well be accounted as one of our leading 
industries. The report of the State Fish Commissioner for 
the year ending December 31, 1900, shows that the capital 
employed in the fishing industries in the Puget Sound dis¬ 
trict alone is fully $3,500,000; that the number of steamers and 
launches employed is 51, and other boats 1025. The average 
number of men employed is 5,000, their earnings amount to 
$1,400,000 annually, and the value of the output is from 
$3,000,000 to $7,000,000, according to the run of salmon. 

In addition to the Puget Sound fisheries, Seattle is the 
headquarters and base of supplies of the Pacific Packing and 
Navigation Company, a new company which has recently 
been organized and which controls the greater part of the 
salmon packing industry of the States of Washington, Ore¬ 
gon and Alaska. 

The value of the product of salmon alone for the year 
1901 will exceed $17,000,000. 

The distribution of the salmon pack for 1901 is estimated 


as follows: 

District. Cases. 

Alaska .1,650,000 

Puget Sound .1,500,000 

British Columbia and outside streams.1,000,000 

Columbia River .. 350,000 

t - 

Total .4,500,000 

Pack of 1900 .2,994,485 


Increase .... 


At present prices the average value of the salmon pack 
is about $4 per case. A case consists of a certain number 
of dozens of p2 or i pound cans. 












STATE OF WASHINGION. 


O' 





REMOVING SALMON FROM TRAP. 





28 


CITY OF SEATTLE 


The state has taken up the matter of the propagation 
of salmon, and now has fourteen hatcheries in operation. The 
result of this work is noticeable in the phenomenal run of 
salmon this season, which has been the greatest ever known, 
and it is believed that by proper management this great 
industry can be increased from year to year until it becomes 
one of the most important sources of wealth in the state. 

In addition to the salmon, the fisheries produce large 
quantities of halibut, cod, smelt, herring, oysters, clams, crabs 
and other salt water fish. The. cod fisheries of Bering Sea 
are growing in importance yearly and their product is cured 
and marketed here. The products of the sealing and whal¬ 
ing companies also add largely to the value of this industry. 
Taken altogether, the fisheries may well be considered among 
our greatest sources of wealth. 


Real Estate and Building. 


The real estate market in Seattle for the past four years 
has been strong and active. There has been a 
Estate steady rise in value and very little tendency to¬ 
wards speculation. The purchasers of real es¬ 
tate have almost invariably acquired either improved property 
for their own use or vacant property for the purpose of im¬ 
proving it, and the result has been a substantial improvement 
of the city in every respect, and a corresponding increase in 
real estate values in all quarters. 


The street railway system has been reorganized, and prac¬ 
tically rebuilt, within the past two years, and furnishes rapid 
and convenient transportation to all parts of the city, render¬ 
ing so many desirable residence districts accessible that the 
prices of lots have kept within very reasonable limits. The 
result of this, together with the cheapness of building, is that 
probably more people own their own homes in Seattle than 
in any other city in the country. 




STATE OF WASHINGTON. 


29 


Nothing shows the extraordinary development of the 


Building 

Record. 


city with so great certainty as the record of the 
building operations during the past five years. 


A large number of substantial business blocks 
have been erected, together with thousands of residences. 

The following table, compiled from the records of the 
Office of the City Engineer, shows the number, kind and value 
of the buildings erected: 


Year 

1897 

1893 

1899 

1900 

8 Months 1901 


No. 

Value 

No. 

Value 

No. 

Value 

.Vo. 

V alue 

No. 

Value 

Moves and Repairs.... 

462 

$ 53,686 

704 

1202,105 

1173 

1 236,442 

1234 

1 279,001 

1368 

$ 2.50.793 

1-Story Frame. 

89 

31.740 

256 

123,730 

389 

287,231 

828 

366,614 

1113 

417,210 

l)^-Story Frame. 

19 

12,1.50 

62 

60,400 

125 

120,895 

306 

284.199 

317 

239,165 

2 •* “ . 

36 

70,755 

139 

238,135 

224 

489 750 

396 

1,050,790 

486 

1,092,475 

3 “ “ . 





3 

57,400 

3 

26,600 

11 

162,300 

4 “ . 







2 

4,000 


i-Story Iron. 

'i 

5,000 

i 

'^60 

5 

1,695 

14 

6.335 

’7 

1,915 

J-Story Brick. 

1 

4,000 

14 

22 1.50 

8 

72,900 

11 

68,075 

13 

31,725 

2 “ “ . 



5 

132,000 

9 

122,500 

6 

1.30,000 

12 

348,318 

,3 “ “ . 

'0 

28,000 


4 

97,000 

12 

486,700 

13 

3791434 

950 000 

4 “ “ . ... 






4 

144,009 

4 

5 “ *• . 





1 

45,000 

2 

54,000 



fi << “ . 

1 

65,000 





1 

100,000 

i 

40 000 



1 

75,000 



1 

50,000 


Foundations. 



15 

1-5,125 

16 

32,993 

15 

8,060 

^3 

41.425 

Docks. 

'3 

6,800 

1 

15,000 



6 

81,560 

8 

128,0.50 

Miscellaneous. 

2 

84,000 


22,000 

*8 

'6,260 

119 

122,788 

245 

278,434 

Totals. 

616 

P61,131 

1197 

f906,446 

1965 

11,570,066 

2960 

13,262,722 

3651 

$3,661,244 


Among the public buildings under construction, and for 
which provision is being made, are the following: 


Federal building (Postofhce, U. S. Court, etc.).$ 750,000 

Public Library building. 200,000 

High .School building . 200,000 

State University buildings. 120,000 

Public School buildings . 275,000 


Total .$1,545,000 



Photo by A. B. Wilse, Seattle 

MT. rainier, height 14,526 FEET. 




































































30 


CITY OF SEATTLE 


Puget Sound Climate. 


Everyone who seeks a new home in Seattle asks the ques¬ 
tion: What is the climate of the cityB In order to answer 
this question fully and satisfactorily the records of the Weather 
Bureau at this point, for the past ten years have been care¬ 
fully examined, and with the assistance of Mr. George N. 
Salisbury, Section Director, the following facts have been 
ascertained: 

The mean temperature for the ten years was 51.5 degrees. 
The highest temperature recorded was 94 degrees, June 29, 
1892, the lowest 3 degrees above zero, Jan. 31, 1893. The only 
years in which the temperature has gone below 20 degrees 
above zero, were 1893 and 1899, and in 1899 lowest tem¬ 
perature was 12 degrees above zero. The average tempera¬ 
ture during the summer months is about 59 degrees, and dur¬ 
ing the winter months about 44 degrees. 

With reference to the rainfall there are two seasons in 
Western Washington, the rainy season (November to April 
inclusive), and the dry season (May to October inclusive). 
The average annual rainfall including melted snow, at Seattle 
is 37.25 inches, of which 27.45 inches falls in the rainy season 
and 9.80 in the dry season. There is precipitation to the 
amount of .01 of an inch or more on an average of 158 days in 
the year and no rainfall on an average 207 days each year. 
By months the average number of days with precipitation is 
as follows: January 18, February 19, March 16, April 16, 
May 12, June 10, July 5, August 3, September 10, October 11, 
November 18 and December 20. 

The snowfall is comparatively light, and seldom lies on 
the ground more than a day or two. The heaviest snowfall 
recorded ,was 50.8 inches in 1893 and the least 4 inches in 1900. 
The average snowfall observed is 21.i inches per annum. 

The prevailing direction of the wind is from the south 
during the rainy season, and from the north during the dry 
season, with an average velocity of 5)4 miles per hour. The 
highest velocity ever observed was 42 miles, on April 9, 1895. 

The year 1900 was a fair example of the ordinary climate 
of Seattle, and to show the weather conditions in detail we 
have prepared tables of the daily maximum and minimum 
temperatures, and the daily precipitation as follows: 



STATE OF' WASHINGTON. 


31 


SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 

Maximum and Minimum Temperature for the Year 1900. 


DAY 

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar. 1 

Apr. 

May 

June 

July 

Aug. 

S’pt. 

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec. 


54 

53 

52 

70 

65 

73 

65 

72 

72 

52 

51 

52 

1 

44 

41 

35 

49 

53 

49 

53 

59 

56 

41 

46 

47 


46 

48 

58 

56 

70 

76 

68 

71 

77 

61 

54 

49 ■ 

2 

39 

42 

32 

46 

47 

48 

55 

57 

52 

43 

46 

45 


45 

54 

51 

58 

74 

75 

69 

71 

72 

63 

52 

54 

3 

40 

45 

41 

48 

48 

48 

55 

53 

54 

45 

43 

47 


44 

49 

50 

59 

67 

62 

67 

73 

65 

60 

50 

56 

4 

35 

39 ■' 

40 

45 

53 

56 

54 

51 

54 

44 

36 

53 


50 

50 

52 

58 

63 

63 

65 

69 

64 

58 

50 

62 

5 

39 

38 

36 

49 

53 

54 

52 

54 

56 

47 

36 

52 


50 

50 

50 

60 

61 

64 

70 

67 

74 

56 

57 

58 

6 

41 

40 

41 

44 

49 

51 

52 

55 

51 

43 

38 

51 


55 

42 

51 

44 

65 

68 

75 

71 

73 

64 

51 

52 

7 

44 

33 

43 

35 

51 

49 

52 

54 

55 

43 

41 

45 


49 

47 

51 

51 

67 

66 

67 

71 

66 

67 

55 

48 

8 

43 

35 

44 

35 

51 

50 

54 

51 

58 

45 

45 

41 


46 

47 

60 

55 

58 

72 

72 

71 

65 

68 

55 

42 

9 

41 

42 

46 

35 

52 

48 

55 

58 

56 

44 

38 

39 


51 

52 

62 

69 

64 

78 

73 

74 

70 

58 

61 

42 

10 

43 

45 

52 

38 

52 

50 

53 

54 

53 

50 

39 

37 


50 

46 

60 

61 

61 

79 

68 

67 

79 

55 

56 

49 

11 

43 

37 

49 

51 

51 

52 

57 

55 

55 

44 

37 

35 


55 

42 

55 

55 

58 

86 

69 

71 

79 

52 

59 

48 

12 

44 

30 

44 

47 

46 

53 

56 

56 

54 

43 

45 

40 


51 

39 

62 

57 

62 

84 

73 

78 

63 

57 

56 

52 

13 

43 

30 

41 

46 

51 

57 

54 

54 

55 

45 

40 

44 


50 

34 

68 

56 

63 

73 

75 

83 

62 

62 

48 

53 

14 

42 

25 

40 

46 

47 

59 

53 

55 

50 

55 

40 

46 


44 

32 

72 

60 

68 

62 

78 

70 

69 

68 

57 

52 

15 

32 

22 

41 

41 

49 

57 

53 

58 

52 

49 

43 

46 


54 

34 

67 

68 

61 

63 

73 

71 

58 

56 

58 

52 

16 

44 

24 

42 

45 

47 

54 

56 

54 

50 

49 

48 

45 


60 

40 

67 

71 

64 

68 

74 

66 

63 

72 

50 

50 

17 

50 

32 

38 

45 

48 

56 

55 

55 

51 

52 

35 

44 


53 

46 

53 

57 

68 

66 

77 

68 

64 

60 

35 

51 

18 

47 

37 

48 

46 

48 

56 

55 

56 

46 

52 

27 

44 


50 

48 

54 

54 

66 

68 

82 

78 

58 

56 

31 

56 

19 

40 

40 

48 

42 

50 

59 

56 

55 

47 

50 

25 

47 


45 

53 

58 

60 

65 

66 

84 

79 

63 

56 

31 

55 

20 

31 

43 

47 

46 

46 

62 

59 

56 

54 

49 

25 

49 


49 

55 

56 

54 

60 

65 

82 

68 

63 

62 

35 

50 

21 

34 

45 

43 

41 

53 

55 

58 

59 

56 

54 

21 

44 


52 

52 

55 

56 

60 

68 

84 

70 

66 

54 

43 

46 

22 

45 

45 

45 

41 

46 

54 

58 

58 

56 

46 

35 

37 


49 

52 

51 

61 

62 

75 

76 

63 

63 

50 

49 

48 

23 

36 

. 4U 

44 

45 

46 

53 

57 

58 

49 

42 

39 

41 

* 

42 

55 

55 

54 

61 

72 

74 

66 

64 

49 

49 

51 

24 

35 

43 

42 

40 

48 

56 

60 

58 

49 

42 

42 

43' 


45 

49 

53 

51 

57 

69 

72 

65 

64 

55 

56 

49 

25 

33 

39 

47 

39 

48 

54 

61 

53 

43 

45 

48 

42. 


45 

47 

47 

55 

55 

72 

71 

67 

64 

55 

50 

47 

26 

32 

38 

42 

39 

46 

56 

59 

50 

42 

43 

42 

44 


47 

49 

53 

63 

59 

77 

77 

67 

66 

53 

42 

47 

27 

33 

37 

41 

39 

39 

55 

60 

53 

43 

41 

35 

38 


46 

54 

58 

70 

63 

69 

79 

70 

63 

53 

48 

44 

28 

22 

43 

36 

46 

44 

58 

56 

49 

49 

45 

35 

31 


41 


59 

76 

67 

62 

78 

73 

59 

54 

53 

44 

29 

31 


44 

49 

46 

52 

56 

49 

52 

43 

46 

35 


48 


58 

81 

67 

63 

83 

72 

57 

52 

54 

39 

30 

35 


44 

49 

52 

51 

55 

54 

45 

45 

50 

30 


44 


75 


68 


80 

68 


53 


38 

31 

32 


44 


45 


58 

58 

•• 

47 


27 



























































32 


CITY OF SEATTLE 


SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 
Daily Precipitation in Inches and Hundredths 
For the Year 1900. 


Day 

Jan . 

Feb . 

Mar . 

Apr . 

May 

June 

July 

Aug . 

S ’ pt . 

Oct . 

Nov . 

Dec . 

1 

08 

.00 

.T 

.00 

.00 

.00 

.01 

T 

.00 

T 

.10 

.00 

2 

.39 

.73 

.00 

.27 

.00 

.00 

.06 

.00 

.00 

.00 

.44 

.33 


.10 

.08 

.11 

T 

00 

.00 

.00 

.00 

. .00 

.00 

.00 

.34 

4 

.15 

.00 

.09 

.00 

.07 

.06 

.23 

.00 

.00 

.00 

.00 

.11 

5 

.27 

.01 

.09 

.04 

.17 

.13 

.07 

T 

T 

.02 

.00 

.10 

fi 

.29 

T 

.32 

.72 

.01 

.00 

.26 

.03 

.00 

T 

-00 

T 

7 

.11 

.00 

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3.01 

4.35 

4.45 

1.55 

3.73 

2.51 

0.66 

0.30 

0.72 

4.16 

3.80 

7.21 


“T” means trace, indicating a rainfall of less than .01 of 
an inch. The total rainfall for the year was 36.48 inches. 


Western Washington offers splendid opportunities to 
Farms and those who wish to go into the business of 

Gardens dairying, stock raising, gardening, fruit rais- 

ing or similar enterprises, while Eastern Wash¬ 
ington offers great inducements to the grain, fruit and stock 
raiser. The irrigated lands of the central portion of the state 
are unexcelled in productive power, and the wheat lands of 
Eastern Oregon, which need no irrigation, produce more 
bushels per acre, of the highest quality of wheat, than any 
lands in the world. The wheat crop of the state will exceed 
30,000,000 of bushels in 1901. 







































STATE OF WASHINGTON. 


33 


Space will not permit of detailed description of our farm¬ 
ing interests, but the Seattle Chamber of Commerce will en¬ 
deavor to answer all inquiries upon request. 

Forty-five years ago Chicago was a city of less import- 
The Future Seattle is today. In 1850 the popu- 

of Seattle 29,963, which increased to 112,170 

in i860, to 298,974 in 1870, to 503,185 in 1880, to 
1,099,850 in 1890, and to 1,698,775 in 1900. 

Commerce and manufacturing made Chicago, and they 
will make Seattle. We have briefly outlined the extent and 
possibilities of our commerce and our manufacturing re¬ 
sources. The manufacture of iron is just in its infancy, but 
the day is not far distant when we will be making rails for 
our western railroads and those of the Orient, agricultural im¬ 
plements for our own use and for the peasantry of Russia and 
Siberia, mill machinery for our lumber industry and steel 
vessels for our future commerce. 

For the purpose of showing the rapid development of 
Seattle during the past five years we have compiled the sta¬ 
tistics shown in the following pages from official records. The 
Trade Register and the Pacific Lumber Trade Journal copy¬ 
righted articles; the records of the Seattle Chamber of Com¬ 
merce and other reliable sources. The statistics tell their 
own story and make a remarkable showing. 

Seattle Chamber of Commerce. 

Septejnher igoi. 






34 


CITY OF SEATTLE 


Seattle Statistics. 


Population, U. 

S. Census. 

1870 . 

1.107 

1880 . 

3,533 

1890 . 

42,847 

1900 . 

80,671 


School Census—5 to 21 Years. 


1896 

1897 

1898 

1899 

1900 

1901 


10,019 

10,279 

11,625 

13,001 

14,507 

17,334 


Names in City Directory. 


1897 

1898 

1899 

1900 

1901 


24,500 

28,737 

30,757 

37,354 

47,142 


Public School Attendance. 


1896 

1897 

1898 

1899 

1900 


6,973 

7,361 

8,655 

9,597 

10,743 


Postoffice Receipts. 


1896 . $ 82,549 

1897 . 95,273 

1898 . 134,139 

1899 . 137,807 

1900 . 186,762 

Internal Revenue Collections. 

1896 . $ 97,997 

1897 . 102,396 

1898 . 145,375 

1899 . 294,168 

1900 . 379,678 

Custom House Receipts. 

1897 . $ 61,611 

1898 . . 111,903 

1899 . 153,826 

1900 . 281,545 

Assay Office Receipts. 

1898 . $ 5,550,032 


1899 . 12,823,635 

1900 . 22,038,775 


1896 

1897 

1898 

1899 

1900 

1901 


1896 

1897 

1898 

1899 

1900 


1896, 

1897, 

1898, 

1899, 

1900, 


1896 

1897, 

1898, 

1899, 

1900, 


1895 

1896 

1897 

1898 

1899 

1900 


1896, 

1897, 

1898, 

1899, 

1900, 


1896, 

1897, 


Bank Deposits. 

. $ 2,710,371 

. 4,652,168 

. 7,048,327 

. 12,357,704 

. 17,401,450 

. 19,673,941 


Bank Clearings. 

.$ 28,157,065 

. 36,045,228 

. 68,443,636 

. 103,327,621 

. 130,417,835 

Wheat Exports 

bushels . 603,100 

bushels . 928,166 

bushels . 1,220,200 

bushels . 515,777 

bushels . 915,157 

Flour Exports. 

barrels . 

barrels . 

barrels . 

barrels . 

barrels . 

Beer Exports. 

. $ 11,662 

. 35,784 

. 53,038 

. 58,059 

. 96,342 

. 172,000 


92,000 

101,110 

284,054 

308,542 

422,474 


Coal Shipments. 


tons. 194,282 

tons. 281,513 

tons. 381,448 

tons. 441,948 

tons. 478,562 

Lumber Shipments. 

feet . 24,274,000 

feet . 34,933,000 










































































STATE OF WASHINGTON. 


35 


1898, feet . 36,605,000 

1899, feet . 37,100,000 

1900, feet . 32,757,000 


1898 . 906,445 

1899 . 1,570,066 

1900 . 3,272,582 


Cotton Exports. 


1897, bales. 

19,160 

1898, bales . 

38,752 

1899, bales . 

. . . . 44,467 

1900, bales. 

. . . . 35,946 

Exports to Japan. 

1896 . 

.... $ 402,335 

1897 . 

.... 2,309,247 

1898 . 

2,577,166 

1899 . 

. . . . 2,672,707 

1900 . 

4,019,993 


Brick Manufactured. 


1896'. 

2,000,000 

1897 . 

4,000,000 

1898 . 

.. 12,500,000 

1899 . 

.. 19,000,000 

1900 . 

.. 28,500,000 

King County Real 

Estate Sales. 

1898 . 

. . $ 4,866,008 

1899 . 

8,163,969 

1900 . 

.. 10,164,837 


Merchandise Sent 

1896 . 

1897 . 

1898 . 

1899 . 

1900 . 


Foreign. 

$1,816,577 

2,811,009 

3,911,414 

4,481,429 

6,954,749 


U. S. Census King County. 


1860 . 302 

1870 . 2,120 

1880 . 6,910 

1890 . 63,988 

1900 . 110,053 


1897 

1898 

1899 

1900 


1896 

1897 

1898 

1899 

1900 


1897 


Foreign 

Imports. 

Children Born 

in King County. 


.... $ 395,239 

1896 . 


759 


. 1,124,553 

1897 . 


773 


2,409,768 

1898 . 


903 


6.812,146 

1899 . 


1,008 


. 4,571,531 

1900 . 


1,102 

Foreign 

Tonnage. 

King County 

Coal 

Product. 


270,028 

1897, tons ... . 


512,411 


642,668 

1898, tons ... . 


655,804 


592,722 

1899, tons ... . 


796,936 


846,671 

1900, tons .. . . 


853,295 

Telephones in Use. 

Washington 

Coal 

Product. 

Dec. 31st 

1,105 

1880, tons .... 


145,015 

Dec. 31st 

1,478 

1894, tons ... . 


1,131,660 

Dec. 31st 

2,387 

1895, tons .... 


1,163,737 

Dec. 31st 

8,691 

1896, tons . .. . 


1,202,524 

Dec. 31st 

4,337 

1897, tons ... . 


1,330,192 



1898, tons . . . . 


1,775,257 

Water Revenues. 

1899, tons . .. . 


1,917,607 


. $114,578 

1900, tons . .. . 


2,418,034 


.... 117,333 




. 139,435 

Washington Wheat 

Product. 


162,505 

1859, bushels . 


86,219 


. 200,474 

1869, bushels . 


217,043 



1879, bushels . 


1,921,322 

Building 

Permits. 

1889, bushels . 


6,856,000 


. $ 201,081 

1899, bushels . 


21,710,394 


. 361,131 

1900, bushels . 


25,096,661 















































































36 


CITY OF SEATTLE 


Puget Sound Statistics. 


Wheat Exports. 


Coal to Ean Francisco. 


1872, 

bushels 

. 44 

1896, tons. 

. 384,842 

1880, 

bushels 

. 1,472 

1897, tons. 

. 506,380 

1885, 

bushels 

. 19,045 

1898, tons . . . ., 

. 632,437 

1890, 

bushels 

. 1,735,931 

1899, tons. 

. 627,450 

1895, 

bushels 

. 4,002,015 

1900, tons. 

. 668,642 

1899, 

bushels 

. 4,358,648 



1900, 

bushels 

. 5,126,344 

Foreign 

Shipping. 




1875, tonnage . 

. 235,248 


Flour 

Exports. 

1880, tonnage . 

. 305,420 




1885, tonnage . 

. 777,649 

1890, 

barrels . 

. 38,167 

1890, tonnage . 

. 1,698,224 

1892, 

barrels . 


1895, tonnage . 

. 2,023,495 

1894, 

barrels . 

. 277,173 

1900, tonnage . 

. 2,277,320 

1896, 

barrels . 

. 402,489 



1898, 

barrels . 

. 515,155 

Japan 

T rade. 

1899, 

barrels . 

. 698,816 

1 890 

. 6,969 

1900, 

barrels . 

. 1,194,197 

1891 . 

. 52,074 




1892 . 

. 57,852 


Raw Cotton Exports. 

1893 . 

. 127,079 

1896, 

pounds . 

. 2,521,259 

1894 . 

. 238,399 

1897, 

pounds . 

. 9,811,973 

1895 . 

. 1,037,513 

1898, 

pounds . 

. 38,836,633 

1896 . 

. 2,863,167 

1899, 

pounds . 

. 29,374,190 

1897 . 

...... 6,987,241 

1900, 

pounds . 

. 56,721,348 

1898 . 

. 7,157,971 




1899 .. 

. 8,052,857 


Leaf Tobacco Exports. 

Total 

Imports. 

1894, 

pounds . 

. 7,334 

1896 . 

. $ 6,500,104 

1896, 

pounds . 

. 242,837 

1897 . 

. 10,889,227 

1898, 

pounds . 

. 2.585,408 

1898 . 

. 9,397,336 

1900, 

pounds . 

. 1,934,963 

1899 . 

. 12,471,515 


Lumber Exports 

1900 . 

. 9,611,878 


1895, feet . 130,287,000 

1896, feet . 171,080,000 

1897, feet . 177,651,000 

1898, feet . 127,686,000 

1899, feet . 161,057,000 

1900, feet. 199,799,000 


Total Exports. 

1896 . $10,053,043 

1897 . 13,561,576 

1898 . 16,186,295 

1899 . 15,495.210 

1900 . 20,135,657 































































DISTANCES IN HILES FROM SEATTLE. 


PLACES ~ 

Puget Sound Navy Yard 

Port Blakeley. 

Port Townsend. 

Port Angeles. 

Cape Flattery .. 

Victoria . 

Alaska, 54 °- 40 '. 

Juneau.. 

Skagway.. 

Sitka via Juneau. 

Dawson via Skagway. 

Dutch Harbor. 

St. Michael. 

Nome... . 

Honolulu. 

Yokohama. 

Hongkong . 

M anila.. 

Liverpool (Cape Horn)... 

Snoqualmie Falls. 

Sumas... 

Everett. 

Mount Vernon.. .. . 

Whatcom. 

New Westminster.. . 

Vancouver. 

Wenatchee. 

Spokane (G. N.). 

Duluth.. 

St. Paul (G. N.). . .. 

^Ellensburg..... 

North Yakima. 

Walla Walla. 

Tacoma. 

Olympia .. 

Centralia.. 

Chehalis. 

Vancouver, Wash... 

Gray’s Harbor.. . 

South Bend... 

Astoria.'.. 

Portland. 

San Francisco. 

Los Angeles.... 

New York (Cape Horn).. . 
New Orleans (Cape Horn). 


By Rail 

By Water 

14 
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39 

;72 

129 

75 

, 600 
899 


999 

1059 

1560 

1750 

2550 

2530 

2364 

4286 

5876 

6039 

15,390 

55 


125 

38 

32 

68 

68 

97 « 

110 

145 

140 

178 

140 

173 

347 

1785 

1822 


148 

185 

328 

41 

26 

75 

70 

9 a 

94 


198 


136 

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152 

250 

206 

265 

185 

365 

957 

804 

1250 

1220 

3341 

15,540 

3296 

15,572 



















































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